What's the official line?

[Auto]

Hi,

I was wondering if anyone here knows what the official
line is with OpenGL and Windows 2000.

I heard that the new driver model that they
have introduced with win2k doesn't support
OpenGL. This would explain the troubles I
have been having.

I have tested my Graphics card (Leadtek
GeForce DDR) with the release build of
win 2k, and it just locked up every time
- even with the latest drivers. I tested it with
3DStudio Max using the OpenGl drivers, and various exe's.


It worked fine with Direct3D, however.

If anyone could help, that would be most
appreciated.

[Mike F]

It's supported (not supporting it would shut out a lot of important apps, not least Q3A). Are you using the Leadtek drivers? If so, get the nVidia ones.
I've been using an SDR GeForce under Win2K with no problems.

[Auto]

Nope, Ive tried all the latest drivers, including the Nvidia 3.7.8, the only thing I haven't tried yet is the cards Bios, but i'm wary about doing this, what do you think?

[Mike F]

Are you overclocking it? If so, stop.

Other than that, it's really a question for Leadtek tech support. However, it does sound suspiciously like a problem I had that turned out to be a dud card - have you used the card successfully under another OS?

[Auto]

I'm not overclocking, and I don't think it's a dud card, as It runs perfectly under '98, but I just checked the Leadtek website, and they recommend putting the new Bios on for W2k, and there's a whole load of Motherboard settings which I have yet to implement, so It could be ok - I hope.